{"id":756,"date":"2022-12-17T18:34:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T17:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6s.rs\/vila\/o-vili-palas\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T22:11:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T20:11:02","slug":"about-vila-palas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.vilapalas.com\/en\/about-vila-palas\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT VILA PALAS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vila Palas<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Vila Palas in Vrnja\u010dka Banja, an immovable cultural property under the protection of the cultural heritage of Serbia, is located in the heart of the city, at Milo\u0161a Obili\u0107a Street 9 and was built between 1924 and 1926 for Natalija Petrovi\u0107, nicknamed Talka. Natalija’s husband was the prefect of Smederevska Palanka before World War I and participated in the battles during the war together with their eldest son; after the retreat of the Serbian army through Albania (November-December 1915), he arrived in Algeria, where he died near the end of the war.<\/p>\n

After the war, Talka bought a plot of land on which one of the largest buildings in the area was built, a guesthouse with 15 rooms, a large terrace, a large kitchen and a restaurant. Vila Palas is the project of an engineer from Vrnja\u010dka Banja who was a “White Russian”, Gamalejev, inspired by a postcard from Algeria: he designed Vila Palas in the spirit of neoclassicism typical of the French colonies in North Africa; the works were performed by the contractor Ilija Stojanovi\u0107. This building, with a rectangular floor plan and an academic design, is characterized by symmetry, which is emphasized by the two lateral projections on the main facade. Symmetry is also emphasized by architectural elements such as semicircular openings on the ground floor that match the rectangular openings on the second floor. The brick walls rest on a stone base. The facade is in an elegant yellow color, and the whole monumental building is reminiscent of hotels and guesthouses in Opatija.<\/p>\n

The two lateral avant-corps have semicircular first-floor balconies with wrought-iron balustrades; other decorative elements from that period have been preserved, such as the molded roof cornice. Many famous people have stayed in this guesthouse, the most famous of which is the actress \u017danka Stoki\u0107 (1887-1947), often considered the “Serbian Sarah Bernard”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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